Thursday March 23, 2006 meeting of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter
Marie Digatono, an eco-tour leader and former parrot breeder, will present a program on the neo-tropical birds of Northeast Mexico including three critically endangered amazon parrot species as well as Green parakeets. She will discuss efforts to combat the serious threats that they face in the wild and the significance of eco-tourism in conservation. She will also talk about her twenty-five years experience of keeping Yellow-headed Amazons, and why she no longer breeds or promotes keeping large parrots as pets in captivity. The meeting is free and open to the public. We encourage you to come for the social period with coffee and cookies beginning at 7:00 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and the featured speaker at 7:30 p.m. The meeting concludes at 9:00 p.m. DIRECTIONS: The Visitor Center is located at 3815 American Blvd. East in Bloomington, across from the Airport Hilton Hotel. From I-494, exit on 34th Ave. and drive south. Turn left on American Blvd. East and drive 1/4 mile to the entrance on the right. Or just follow the signs from I-494. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: The Visitor Center is about a 12-minute walk from the Bloomington Central light rail stop. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net